A Waste Oil Crunch Is Coming for World’s Renewable Fuelmakers

The world’s renewable fuelmakers are about to face a crunch in one of the most basic building blocks they need to be profitable: sufficient supply of waste oil.

By 2030, global targets for the production of sustainable aviation fuel will require at least twice the amount of used cooking oil that can be collected in the US, Europe and China combined, according to Transport & Environment lobby group. That doesn’t take into account the waste oil needed for making other fuels, especially renewable diesel.

Source: Source: Transport & Environment calculations based on data from Stratas Advisors, ICCT.

Western nations’ use of cooking oil for biofuels production has led to dependence on imports ...